Present School Board Unopposed In Stamford District
Seven men named as trustees for Stamford Independent School District advance to election. The seven incumbents are R. C. Shelton Albert Ivy A M G Swenson Harmon Daffern D E Prewit J C Shamburger and B P Davenport. Voting will occur Saturday April 3 at Stamford city hall with Mrs Jack Jones as election judge and Mrs J B Dodson and Mrs Charley Corley as clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford County Line Independent
Jones and
Haskell
Stamford City Hall
R. C. Shelton
Albert Ivy
A. M. G. Swenson
Harmon Daffern
D. E. Prewit
J. C. Shamburger
B. P. Davenport
Stamford Independent School District
Jack Jones
J. B. Dodson
Charley Corley
New Laundry Opening Here The Wash Pot in Stamford
Stamford to welcome The Wash Pot an automatic laundry at 107 South Ferguson. Owners Mr and Mrs George Kinney announce a Friday and Saturday opening with 20 Bendix machines a large gas heated dryer and a play pen for children. Staff include Sam Singleton Buck Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
South Ferguson Street
George Kinney
Nadina
Mrs. Kinney
Sam Singleton
Buck Hughes
Box Supper and Quilt Auction at New Hope School
New Hope Home Demonstration Club will host a box supper at New Hope school Monday night April 5 at 7 30 with public invited. Boxes will be auctioned along with a quilt and a magician will provide entertainment. club president Mrs J L Woodson makes the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Home Demonstration Club
New Hope School
J. L. Woodson
New Hope Woman Wins Jones County Essay Contest
Mrs. C. M. Walsh of the New Hope Home Demonstration club won first place in a county contest among club women. Her essay titled Today's Youth in Tomorrow's World will advance to the district competition after notice from THDA chairman Mrs. Charlie Myatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M.walsh
New Hope Home
Red Cross Disaster Group Formed in Jones County
The Jones County Red Cross forms disaster committees in Stamford Hamlin and Anson with Dick Rowland as disaster chairman and fire chiefs as vice chairs. Each town forms an 11 member panel at headquarters in their fire stations. A April 5 conference is set to align the three town committees and plan countywide relief operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Red Cross
Dick Rowland
Rowland
Stamford
Hamlin
Anson
T. W. McGuire
C. W. Bartlett
Joe Dick Giddens
Rupert Raley
Giddens
David Ratliff
Ryland Gleaton
Phil Rush
A. L. Foster
Raley
Rex Guinn
Chester Burson
Jack Griffin
William Prewit
Senior Plays to Be Given Friday Night at Stamford High
The Stamford high school Senior class presents three one act plays on Friday night with a Thursday preview. Happy Journey follows a laundryman family road trip on Broadway, Bargains in Cathy is a poet’s romance, and Two Crooks and a Lady features a paralyzed heroine thwarting thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford High School
Cathy
Odessa families spend Easter with Mrs Doran
Mr and Mrs L L Johns and Mr and Mrs Russell Doran of Odessa visited Mrs J M Doran mother of Mrs Johns and Mr Doran to observe Easter together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Johns
Russell Doran
Odessa
J. M. Doran
Johns
Mr. Doran
Keys of the church presented to group at First Baptist
Youth Week at First Baptist Church begins with the presentation of church keys to a youth committee after the morning service. Rev Truett Sheriff of Hardin-Simmons University will preach and introduce the 75 key positions to be filled by young people April 4 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keys OF Church
First Baptist Church
Truett Sheriff
Hardin-Simmons University
James McDaniel
Youth Week Board of Deacons and Training Union
Albert Russell
Louise Plumlee
WMU
Phil Webb
Frank Bounds
Margie Murcey
Bob Beauchamp
Maurine Carlile
Robby Bush
Eula Rne Tankursley
Wanda Rose
Mary Jean Keen
Alvin Bush
McDaniel
Otis Jones
Ted Sitton
Jerald Pendleton
Walter Vaden
Bob Kirk
Bob Tinsley
Margie Muncey
Glen Sutton
Lueders
Haas
Red Cross Funds Near Stamford Quota
Red Cross drive in Stamford reached 3034.27 dollars by Wednesday afternoon toward a 3300 dollar quota. The week shows a gain of 4.50 dollars, with total a week ago at 3029.77 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Stamford
Jaycees Sell Tickets for Annual CofC Banquet
The Stamford Jaycees began selling tickets for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at $1.75 each, available through any Jaycee member. Charles Tayman, former aide to the Texas adjutant general, will be introduced as a new member. The group then attended a concert by the high school band directed by William B E Mayes at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Tayman
Adjutant General of Texas
Stamford
William BE. Mayes
Board Members To Be Installed At Central Christian Church
Eight members of the Central Christian Church board will be installed during the Sunday morning worship service announced by Rev. Clifford B. Thomas. A baptismal service follows. Returning elders are Craig and Fleming joining Coombes Maleen Williams Small as elders. Craig chairs, Williams is vice chair, Small is secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Christian Church
Clifford B. Thomas
FE. R. Pace
Zach Coombes
F. E. Maleen
Dale Hengley
William Mayes
Haskell Prater
Hugh Jones
Richard Embody
S. L. Fleming
R. P. Small
Echols Williams
Roy M. Craig
L. J. Doran
C. E. Coombes
A. Kinney
J. B. Post
D. W. Ratliff
B. Nichols
Dewane Elliot
Craig
Williams
Small
Fleming
Coombes
Maleen
Mrs Willia Lyon Recovering After Abilene Hospital Stay
Mrs Willia V Lyon principal of Reynolds Street school underwent an operation at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene last Saturday and is reported as making progress. Illness began about two weeks ago. Easter visitors in the Duncan home included several Abilene families and Stamford residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willia V. Lyon
Reynolds Street
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
David Bennett
Lyon
J. E. Duncan
George Connell
Jack Duncan
Jacqueline
Clay Boyer
Butch
Mary Jim
Hal George Mason
Dudley Duncan
Paul Duncan
Paula
Cora Brown
Myrtle Tschabold
Stamford
Mrs Crawford Receiving Treatment At Stamford Sanitarium
Mrs J H Crawford wife of the Methodist district superintendent is undergoing treatment at Stamford Sanitarium with her condition described as improving and steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Crawford
Stamford Sanitarium
City Council Races Ahead of Tuesday Election
City election set for April 6 at city hall with three candidates for each of two council places. Roland Kelley unopposed for place 1. place 2 features Marvin Hinds Ray Carlile and Thelma Gray. Place 3 contenders are Reginald Baird Weaver Medlin and Ona High. Holdovers W G Swenson and C L Brownfield remain. Polls open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Kelley
R. B. Buie
Marvin Hinds
Ray Carlile
Thelma Gray
Reginald Baird
Weaver Medlin
Ona High
W. G. Swenson
C. L. Brownfield
A. C. Humphrey
George Flournoy
Jack Jones
Revival at Swenson Avenue Church Opens Sunday
Revival to start at Swenson Avenue Baptist Church this Sunday April 4 with nightly services at 7 30 p m The pastor Rev H S Hinson invites the community noting 27 years in town and 20 years of local ministry The church also broadcasts Sundays at 1 p m on Radio Station KDIWT Stamford 1409 kilocycles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swenson Avenue Baptist
H. S. Hinson
Mr. Hinson
KDIWT
Stamford
Matched Roping Contest Set For Sunday Afternoon
A matched roping contest is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p m at the Short Grass Roping club pens on South Swenson avenue between the Short Grass Roping club and the Haskell roping club. The public is invited. Last Sunday the Haskell club won roping. Members include How ard J Hopkins Elmer Wedeking John Swenson Swede Swenson Jupe Lackey Gene Mickler Glenn Murphy Horace Lee Motes Jerry Keen and Dewey Stubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Swenson Avenue
Haskell
Haskell Club
Howard J. Hopkins
Elmer Wedeking
John
Swenson
Jupe Lackey
Gene Mickler
Glenn Murphy
Horace Lee Motes
Jerry Keen
Dewey Stubbs
Taymans Return to City Paves Family Involvement
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tayman and daughter Pamela moved from Austin to settle on Weslyn Avenue in the former John St. Clair home. Charles will join his father Warren B. Tayman and brother-in-law Ted Myers in the Tayman Insurance and Real Estate firm. The Myers family relocated from Georgia and bought 1015 Symonds Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tayman
Pamela
Austin
John St. Clair
Weslyn Avenue
Tayman
Warren B. Tayman
Ted Myers
Tayman Insurance
the Myers
Georgia
Symonds Place
McAllister Family Visit During Foster Holidays
Mr and Mrs Warren McAllister and daughter Martha of Lubbock visited his parents Mr and Mrs J B McAllister and other relatives during the Foster holidays. McAllister entered Texas Tech at the beginning of this past semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren McAllister
Martha of
Lubbock
J. B. McAllister
McAllister
Texas Tech
Family Dinner for 25 Marks J F Guilletts 80th Birthday
Jessie Franklin Guillet celebrated his 80th birthday with a family gathering in Stamford. Twenty five relatives gathered for dinner at the family home on East MecHare avenue, with many attending from Wichita Kansas Abilene and Dallas. The event traced Guilletts life from Mo frontier to Texas settlements and included remarks on his early farming and teaching career and marriage to Isa Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Franklin Guillet
East MecHare Avenue
Nick Guillet
Mary Alice Martha
Carolyn
Gwen
Doyle Middleton
Jackie
John Robert
Wichita
Kana
John Guillet
Henry Guillet
Ann
Mary Allen
Jewel Austin
Marvin Owen
Marie
Dallas
Joyce Job
Abilene
Quack Remedies Discussed by Dr Mood at Rotary
Dr George Mood warned Rotarians that worthless drugs are a lucrative racket and cited cures like one dissolving cataracts. He noted many medicines are analyzed by the laboratories of the Medical Journal and urged against self diagnosis and unsupervised use of new miracle drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mood
Mood
Medical Journal
Revival signals and church services across area
Area Superintendent J. Howard Crawford will preach at St John s Methodist Church with the sermon broadcast on KDWT. George Small McMurry College youth worker will lead the evening service. Rev Marshall Rhew opens a revival at Avoca Methodist Church and preaches daily through next Saturday night. The St John s revival opens April 11 and runs to April 21. Lance Webb of University Park Methodist will preach. Mr and Mrs F J Schaefer return from a 12 day trip visiting relatives in Austin Jordanton Cedar Valley Barton Temple Dallas Mineral Wells and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Crawford
St. John’s Methodist Church
KDWT
George Small
McMurry College
Marshall Rhew
Avoca Methodist Church
St. John’s Church
Rhew
Lance Webb
University Park Methodist Church
Dallas
F. J. Schaefer
Austin
Schaefer
Jordanton
Cedar Valley
Barton and
Temple
W. G., Taylor
Taylor
Mineral Wells
Sehaefe
Carter Illness Delays Return Home from Dallas Trip
Mr. A. Carter fell ill Monday and was taken to a hospital after arriving home. He was released last Friday and remains at home. Mrs. Carter was in Dallas with their son Herb a Texas A and M student who met her there. They reached Abilene Wednesday evening upon learning of his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Guillett
High Schol
Carrollton
Avalon College
Isa Stout
If. A. Carter
Family Returns From Easter Visit To Multiple Texas Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kight and daughter Billie Ruth have returned from an Easter visit with friends in Tohoka Brownfield and Lubbock.
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God
Bill Kight
Billie Ruth
Tohoka
Brownfield
Lubbock
Share the Profit Day Marks Stamford Trades Revival
Stamford announces Share the Profit Day to inaugurate a revival of the Trades Day series. The Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the monthly event, with merchants urged to cooperate for the first Wednesday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
The
Chamber of Commerce
Peggy Sitton to represent A M club at Cotton Style Show
Peggy Sitton daughter of Mr and Mrs Pat Sitton will represent the Haskell Jones Stonewall Knox counties club of Texas A and M at the 14th annual Cotton Style show pageant on April 16 at 8 pm in College Station. She wears an ice blue gown and is escorted by Louie Mack Hardy a Texas A M student and club officer. The event honors Royal Plant Cotton and aims to draw buyers to Stamford with reduced prices and a tabloid edition for surrounding residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Sitton
Pat Sitton
Haskell - Jones - Stonewall - Knox Counties Club
Texas A. & M. College
Texas A. & M
King Cotton
Royal Plant Cotton
Miss Sitton
Louie Mack Hardy
Hardy
L. M. Hardie
Ing
W. J. Bryant
W. J. Lee
L. L. Webb
Bill Terry
Cleburne Huston
Aubrey Adams
Joe FE. Smith
33 365 Bales Ginned During Past Season
Census report shows that 5 205 bales of cotton were ginned in Jones County from the 1947 crop, compared with 15 865 bales in 1946, per Bowen Pope Special Agent. Mr and Mrs Robert Strauss and one son visited Dallas last weekend. Strauss family members traveled home to Dallas and New Orleans with other relatives.
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Jones County
Bowen Pope
Robert Strauss
Dallas
Mr. Strauss
Chas, Strauss
Barbecue Honors Stamford Country Club Officers
Stamford Country Club held a barbecue Wednesday night March 31 to honor new officers and retiring officials. About 100 attendees included past entertainment committee members Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Watson, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Cromwell, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hinds, and Mr. and Mrs. James H. Howard. New officers are H. J. Moreland Jr. president, John Willoughby vice president, James Waggoner secretary treasurer, with new directors Clay Markham Russell Crownover and Dr. Cromwell. Moreland announced committee chairs and introduced golf pro Jerry Stone and his wife. The club presented Watson and his wife a gift chosen by Mrs. Moreland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Country Club
Hubert Watson
C. L. Cromwell
Marvin Hinds
James H. Howard
Bill Braymer
Abilene
Braymer
H. J. Moreland, Jr
John Willoughby
James Waggoner
Clay Markham
Russell Crownover
Dr. Cromwell
Moreland
Jerry Stone
Family visits and a serious illness in Tyoga
Mrs. Ambrose Brown and daughter Bobbie Joyce spent the Faster holidays in Tyoga with Dr. and Mrs. B R Strange. Hugh T. Massey was taken to the Stamford Sanitarium Tuesday morning and is in a serious condition. Members of the family are here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Brown
Bobbie Joyce
Tyoga
B. R. Strange
Hugh T. Massey
Stamford Sanitarium
Stamford seniors and sponsor tour San Antonio lights
Thirty two Stamford High seniors and sponsors traveled by bus starting March 25 for a three day holiday jaunt to San Antonio. They visited the Alamo Brackenridge Park zoo and Siunken Gardens and enjoyed Playland rides before returning to Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
SEE Lights OF
San Antonio
Stamford High School
Eastland
Fredericksburg
Alamo
Brackenridge Park
Zoo
Siuunken Gardens
Playland
Aftarnoon
Charlie Turbeville
Boots” Fingers
E. H. Lyckman
Ray Morgan
M. T. Turner
Jack Arledge
Aubrey Lee Boedeker
Geneva Jo Brown
Victor Buie
Maurine Carlile
Wiliam Daughtry
Return of U S Army Veteran Richard Mickler Jr Arrives in Stamford
Richard Mickler Jr who returned from Japan two weeks ago arrived in Stamford on Saturday and has received his army discharge. His sister Mrs Finie Hardin and her husband traveled from Levelland last weekend to join other family members at their mother Mrs Joey Mickler's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mickler, Jr
United States
Japan
Stamford
Finie Hardin
Levelland
Mra
Joey Mickler
Oklahoma City Couple Visited Relatives Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Corby of Oklahoma City spent Sunday to Tuesday with KE C Corby his father and sisters Mrs. Roy Weaks and Mrs. R V Sandefur and families. Both Mr. and Mrs. Corby attend Bethany College at Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Corby
Oklahoma City
KE. C. Corby
Roy Weaks
R. V. Sandefur
Corby
Bethany College
Stamford Visitors Include Abilene Family
Mr and Mrs Bill Stegall and daughter Elizabeth Ann of Abilene spent Sunday with local relatives in Stamford where Mr Stegall taught in Stamford public schools last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stegall
Elizabeth Ann
Abilene
Stegall
Stamford Public Schools
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Box Supper
New Hope
Red Cross Disaster Group
Cofc
Willia Lyon
Abilene Hospital
Charles Taymans
J. F. Guillet
University of Texas
Mary Alice
North Texas State College
Denton
Bill Lewis
Wichita Kans
H. E. Stout
TWC
Fort Worth
Stout
Guillet
Charlie Guillet
Raymond Avastin
Bisbee
Ariz
Bosworth
Carroll County
Missouri River
Colorado
Guillett
Missouri
Texas
Burkburnett
W. E. Thomas
Sherman
PF. Guillet
S. J. Roberts
G. W. Baker
Walters
Okla
Don Gould
Gould
Brenda and
Gloria Gould
Plog Waggoner
Waggoner
Phil
Lawton
Charles Rothwell
Mickey
Helen Rogers
Baby
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